Residential Property
118 HDB flats auctioned from 2013 to 2017
6% of flat sales were insufficient for tenants' full CPF refund.
Home prices to jump by 17% in 2018 to 2021
Blame falling physical completions and ongoing en bloc sales deals.
Private condo rentals down 0.5% in December 2017
The rental volume dropped 15.3% YoY to 3,188 units in 2017.
PropertyGuru's Steve Melhuish reveals investments in the tech arena
He has made the property market more transparent by bringing as much as two million properties online.
City Towers' en bloc sale launched
The owners set a reserve price of $355m.
HDB resale prices dipped 1.5% in 2017
HDB will offer about 3,600 flats by February 2018.
Private condo resale prices rose 6.2% in 2017
The resale volume also surged 79.7% to 895 units.
Singapore's unsold units dropped to 16,031
The 7-year low is on the back of higher resale activity.
Keppel Land buys Wuxi residential site for $517m
The 18.03-hectare land could yield 2,755 units.
Private property prices to increase up to 2% in 2018
Blame it on higher land and construction costs.
Private residential property prices up 0.7% in Q4
Prices also marginally rose by 1% for the whole of 2017.
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Home prices could rise 3-7% in 2018: RHB
The stable job market and strong optimism are the main drivers of growth.
Ascott bags management contracts for two Accra properties
Both will be serviced residences near city centres.
Property auction sales hit new highs at $103.35m
One property was sold at $11.38m.
Chart of the Day: Singapore bucks trend of higher price-to-income ratio
It takes about five years to buy a home with disposable income in 2016.
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